Dickey,+Brian

Personal Introduction
Name: Brian Dickey


 * //Where do you live?: Atlanta //**


 * //Background://**


 * // __Education__: //**
 * Elementary education degree,
 * Currently in the SDSU masters program in Instructional Design
 * I have found that I really enjoy creating the multimedia part of instructional material in these SDSU classes using Photoshop, Flash, iMovie, Inspiration, Articulate, and PowerPoint. I am at a beginner level I guess with all of these apps and plan to take online non-credit courses to develop myself more with graphic design principles and apps. I would ultimately like to become a multimedia developer. So basically I want someone else to do the front end analysis and then let me put the instructional content into a multimedia format.

__Family__:
 * Married for 11 years to a Chinese lady I met while teaching and living in China; but we divorced about a year ago,
 * Have 7 year old daughter.

__Travel__
 * I have traveled and lived in China, traveled to Europe several times ( I could live there actually), and really enjoy meeting people from different parts of the world.

__Interests__:
 * I have recently re-discovered the joy of camping in the woods from a new experience with my girlfriend going to a festival- camping, listening to live bands, drumming at a drum circle, jamming with my harmonica and other musicians, and dressing in creative costumes (like wearing a kilt and knee-high moccasin boots!).
 * I have enjoyed taking photographs (not currently) of interesting landscapes like the Great Wall,Terracotta Warriors, and Limestone mountains in China.I also enjoy taking abstract pictures of patterns created by shadows, light, and reflection in our everyday environments. I have also dabbled with creating some digital images in Photoshop.
 * I had a chance to do some singing for a religious music album.
 * I have dabbled at creating electronic music and have enjoyed doing audio editing in a audio editing software program
 * I enjoy occasionally playing my harmonica(s) jamming with friends

Related to creating a game: I don't mind creating a game for teens/young adults/adults in their early 20's as I have two roomates who are in their early twenties and could be testers of a game like this since they are big gamers, comic book readers, and readers of fantasy and sci-fi books. Well they like games like Suduko as wall.
 * I like the genre of fantasy and science fiction
 * I also enjoy quick simple yet engaging games like Uno
 * I like the idea of creating a game for kids, like for my daughter who is 7yrs old. She would be someone I could easily test the game with. In the past, I have worked in several after school programs as well as at the Boys and Girls Clubs a while back and so played several games with them.


 * //Teaching Experience://**
 * Taught a little in elementary & middle school: 1st grade & 6th grade science....both were in "at risk" schools and I was completely overwhelmed and so decided not to go that route.
 * I have taught for two years as an ESL instructor in China to children and adults.
 * I have also taught adults ESL here in the Atlanta area in a physical classroom, and online in a "virtual" classroom in a one-one situation with Berlitz Languages.


 * //Your 3 Favorite Games: (Educational or not)//**
 * // Wow, hard to say "favorite" since I've spent an equal amount of hours playing lots of home and some video arcade games: //**
 * Uno card game,
 * Connect four,
 * Video Arcade game: Frogger

Your Assignments
//Place a link below each of the following assignments.//

Provide a link to your Learning Motivation and Fun Analysis: http://670.wikispaces.com/dickeyLMF

My own LMF: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExJnSdtmBZA

Friend's LMF: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onRsdIrnAE0

Board Game Writeup

http://670.wikispaces.com/RPG-ESL-Game-DesignDocument

eGame Writeup

http://670.wikispaces.com/Second_Life_How_to  @http://www.shawn-shepard.com/SecondLifeCheckers

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